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Platystomum compressum

Platystomum compressum (Pers.) Trevis., Bull. Soc. R. Bot. Belg. 16: 16 (1877).

≡ Sphaeria compressa Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 1: 56 (1801).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 144522; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00815, Fig. 1

Description: see Thambugala et al. (2014).

Material considered: see Thambugala et al. (2014).

Fig. 1 Platystomum compressum (MFLU 14-0589, reference specimen). a, b Appearance of ascomata on the host tissue. c Section through ascomata. d Peridium. e Pseudoparaphyses. f, g Asci with ascospores. h–k Ascospores. Scale bars: c, d = 300 μm, e = 20 μm, f, g = 50 μm, h–k = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

There are 55 Platystomum epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but several species have been transferred to Anthostomella, Dangeardiella, Decaisnella and Platysporoides. Platystomum comprises 40 species known on Acer glabrum (Sapindaceae), Bambusa sp. (Poaceae), Desmodium sp. (Fabaceae), Lonicera sp. (Caprifoliaceae), Olea europaea (Oleaceae), Salix sp. (Salicaceae), Lonicera etrusca (Caprifoliaceae), Plectranthus rugosus (Lamiaceae), Quercus ilex (Fagaceae) and Gochnatia ilicifolia (Asteraceae). Platystomum has been recorded from Asia (Hong Kong, Iran, Pakistan), Europe (England, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom) and The United States (Washington).

 

References

Cesati V, de Notaris G. 1863 – Schema di classificazione degli sferiacei italici aschigeri piu’ o meno appartenenti al genere Sphaeria nell’antico significato attribuitoglide Persono. Comm Soc crittog Ital 1,177–240.

Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Liu JK, Ariyawansa H et al. 2013 – Families of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 63, 1–313.

Lumbsch HT, Huhndorf SM. 2010 – Outline of Ascomycota 2009. Myconet 14, 1–64.

Mugambi GK, Huhndorf SM. 2009 – Molecular phylogenetics of Pleosporales: Melanommataceae and Lophiostomataceae recircumscribed (Plesporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota). Studies in Mycology 64, 103–121.

Thambugala KM, Hyde KD, Tanaka K, Tian Q et al. 2015 – Towards a natural classification and backbone tree for Lophiostomataceae, Floricolaceae, and Amorosiaceae fam.nov. Fungal Diversity 74, 199–266.

Wijayawardene NN, Crous PW, Kirk PM, Hawksworth DL et al. 2014 – Naming and outline of Dothideomycetes–2014 including proposals for the protection or suppression of generic names. Fungal Diversity 69, 1–55.

 

 

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